Following Chris Parker’s webinar on Friday afternoon when he’d advised boats departing Hampton that the optimum window for crossing the Gulf Stream would be after sunset Saturday through midday on Sunday, we decided to leave with a favorable tide around 3am on Saturday. The wind was on the nose initially so we waited to set the sails until after we had passed the Chesapeake bridge-tunnel, had exited the bay and.. Read More
The week of seminars with a few parties thrown in went by fast, especially as Howard was still working to complete a few tasks on the boat and I helped out every day at the Salty Dawg ‘General Information’ table when I wasn’t helping him. Unfortunately our two crew were not able to join us in Hampton until the last couple of days so they missed the Air Sea Rescue.. Read More
While most of our efforts since arriving in Hampton have been prepping the boat for the trip south, Howard did take time yesterday and the day before to help a friend take his catamaran, a Lagoon 42, over to Cape Charles where he was to haul it for the insurance surveyor to check the integrity of the hull following a lightening strike earlier this summer. Just as well Paul has.. Read More
Under Pepper’s careful management, all the tasks that we needed help with had been satisfactorily completed so it was time for us to leave the dock in front of his house and head south to Hampton. There, we plan to complete our final preparations for our passage to the Virgin Islands with the Salty Dawgs. We departed Worton Creek on Friday morning and headed to Baltimore where we had hoped.. Read More
The summer has flown by. We had a week or two in August when we tried to chip away at our ‘To Do’ list but found it rather hard because it was so hot so progress was slow. We hauled the boat shortly before departing for Oregon where we spent time with Scott and his fiancé, Kendal and her parents. Despite the fact that Scott was studying for board exams.. Read More
The trip up the Delaware worked out well. After motoring around the shoals off Cape May, the wind slowly filled in and we ended up having the best yet sail up the Delaware on a beam reach doing10+ knots (in our opinion, the Delaware is best traversed as quickly as possible). We did, however encounter a few ships along the way so had to stay just outside the shipping lanes… Read More
We ended up staying in Block Island for a few days. Initially because there wasn’t much wind for sailing, and then because squally weather was forecast for Saturday afternoon/evening, which we did not want to encounter. Therefore, we were able to relax a little, enjoy some more paddle boarding and walking along the beautiful sandy beach on the east side of the island, start planning what needs to done before.. Read More
The passage back from Camden across the Gulf of Maine to the Cape Cod Canal was much easier than on the way there as there was no fog so we could see all the islands and the thousands of lobster pot floats long the way. The former had been previously obscured. However, we had light winds for much of the trip so we ended up motoring most of the way. We.. Read More
Just a sampling of some of the beautiful yachts, Belle Adventure was built on the Clyde in 1929. The motor launch, Beluga was built in the US in 1927.
Maybe the photos speak for themselves … we enjoyed our time in Camden. The photo of the harbor was taken from the State Park that overlooks the town during a short road tour of the area thanks to Tom. William and Karen walked up to the same spot a couple of days later, burning off many calories on the way. The photo of the yacht in the mist is Tom.. Read More